robgood@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> Why did the bandits arrive just after Benry Linus-Moriarty woke up in
> the desert? Convenient timing, huh?
Well, it is a STORY, remember? They have 44 mnutes a week to transmit
information to us, and who would really want to waste a bunch of time
showing Ben just sitting in the middle of the desert, or wandering around
aimlessly? It's called MOVING THE PLOT.
If you'd like a more specific reason, perhaps, given the the relative "hot
spot" of Tunisia regarding Dharma (remember the polar bear skeleton found
by Charlotte that I'm sure you'll argue is fake?), perhaps the area is
patrolled regularly? or maybe there was some sort of visual spectacle when
Ben arrived?
> Why did Benry ask the date, including the year, at the hotel desk?
Um, because he was unsure, and it's a good way to indicate that fact to
us,
the viewers? Sure you could just show Ben looking at a newspaper or a
calendar, but without dialogue, that wouldn't convey that Ben looked
because he was unsure of the date, not just to convey the date to us, the
viewers, so that we'd know it took place in the future.
> We've seen this several times in "Lost" -- people deliberately making
> a scene at a desk.
I'd hardly call what Ben did at the hotel desk "making a scene".
I was thinking about this last night, my dead robgood: Really, what the
**** would it take to convince you you are 100% wrong with your ridiculous
theory. Evidence from the show doesn't. People here poking holes in your
theory doesn't. Statements from the actors, writers and producers
indicating your theory is wrong doesn't. Seriously, what does it take?
I'm sure after the show is done, you'll sit, hunched in your dark living
room, pouring over the DVDs and still finding small nuggets that prove to
you that everyone else "just doesn't get it".
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